Ethical leadership and organizational commitment in the Colombian electricity sector: the importance of work self-efficacy

 

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Author: Santiago-Torner, Carlos
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2025
Description:This study analyzes the effect of ethical leadership on organizational commitment, considering work self-efficacy as a mediating variable. Structural equation modeling is used to analyze the proposed relationships. The sample consists of 448 professionals inthe Colombian electricity sector. Ethical leaders increase organizational commitment, specifically the affective, normative, and perceived investment dimensions (Continuance 2), but not the perspective of lack of job opportunities (Continuance 1). Work self-efficacy explains how ethical leadership influences the analyzed dimensions of organizational commitment, with the exception of the lack of job opportunities (Continuance 1). Ethical leadership seeks to meet the socio-emotional needs of followers. When employees feel listened to and valued by the leader, they voluntarily choose to increase their commitment. However, when employees feel trapped in an organization and experience a constant sense of obligation, their discouragement intensifies, and they withdraw emotionally until they are disconnected from the positive effects of ethical leadership and work self-efficacy.
Country:Portal de Revistas TEC
Institution:Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas TEC
Language:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/7579
Online Access:https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_empresarial/article/view/7579
Keyword:liderazgo ético
autoeficacia laboral
compromiso organizacional
compromiso afectivo
compromiso normativo
compromiso de continuidad
Ethical leadership
work self-efficacy
organizational commitment
affective commitment
normative commitment
continuance commitment